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Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the man who killed ten people in a racist attack on a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket in May, 2022.

Some Republicans are on the defensive about what they said or wrote privately after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. NPR's Michel Martin discusses that with Harvard professor Steven Levitsky.

A piece of legislation exempting cryptocurrency mining in the state from sales tax on electricity and other items was discussed in the state Senate Tuesday.

In Libya, women played an unsung role in the uprising that toppled dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Now, they are seeking increased opportunities in the new country that is still emerging.

More than 1,000 people have gone to court hoping to track down sons and daughters or brothers and sisters they were told died in childbirth during the Franco dictatorship. The mothers were often poor and had Marxist leanings. Some estimates put the total number of stolen babies as high as 300,000.

President Trump promised to carry out the most deportations in U.S. history, focused on criminals. But now, immigration officials are going after asylum seekers who say they're fleeing persecution.

Outraged Oklahoma lawmakers say they'll move quickly to change a loophole in the state's forcible sodomy law after the state's highest criminal court…

A U.N. report on the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri says Lebanese authorities bungled their probe of his death, and demands a new international investigation. Michael Young, opinion page editor of The Daily Star newspaper in Beirut, discusses the report.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announces far-reaching reforms that he says will strengthen the power of the executive branch in its battle against terrorism. But critics say Putin's already-tight grip on power is part of the problem. Hear NPR's Emily Harris.

As looting and lawlessness continue in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities, U.S. forces call on former policemen to return to their jobs. Days of looting have left the population feeling scared and vulnerable, leading some residents to take the law into their own hands. Hear NPR's Jackie Northam.